wave

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n. 波, 波浪, 波动, 起伏, 高潮, 潮涌, 挥手致意, (气压)突变 vi. 波动, 飘动, 挥手示意, 起伏 vt. 使波动, 使飘扬, 挥舞, 使成波浪形

发音

US /weɪv/

词形变化

waves 复数 waves waves 三单 waving 现在分词 waved 过去式 waved 过去分词

教材释义与例句

名词

波动;波浪;高潮;挥手示意;卷曲

a line of raised water that moves across the surface of the sea

释义与例句

n. A2 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    The ocean.

    诗歌

    1895, Fiona Macleod (William Sharp), The Sin-Eater and Other Tales […] your father Murtagh Ross, and his lawful childless wife, Dionaid, and his sister Anna—one and all, they lie beneath the green wave or in the brown mould.

  2. 2.

    A moving disturbance in the energy level of a field.

    物理

    Gravity waves, while predicted by theory for decades, have been notoriously difficult to detect.

  3. 3.

    A shape that alternatingly curves in opposite directions.

    Her hair had a nice wave to it.

    sine wave

  4. 4.

    Any of a number of species of moths in the geometrid subfamily Sterrhinae, which have wavy markings on the wings.

  5. 5.

    A loose back-and-forth movement, as of the hands.

    He dismissed her with a wave of the hand.

  6. 6.

    A sudden, but temporary, uptick in something.

    比喻

    A wave of shoppers stampeded through the door when the store opened for its Christmas discount special.

    A wave of retirees began moving to the coastal area.

    A wave of emotion overcame her when she thought about her son who was killed in battle.

  7. 7.

    A moving disturbance in the level of a body of liquid; an undulation.

    波浪

    The wave traveled from the center of the lake before breaking on the shore.

  8. 8.

    Any of a series of orders to be fulfilled in one short interval of time, planned as part of wave picking.

  9. 9.

    A movement or trend in popular culture.

    比喻

    New Wave

    Korean Wave

  10. 10.

    One of the successive swarms of enemies sent to attack the player in certain games.

    游戏 引申义
  11. 11.

    A group activity in a crowd imitating a wave going through water, where people in successive parts of the crowd stand and stretch upward, then sit.

v. B1 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    To move back and forth repeatedly and somewhat loosely.

    不及物

    The flag waved in the gentle breeze.

  2. 2.

    To move one's hand back and forth (generally above the shoulders) in greeting or departure.

    招手

    挥手

    不及物
  3. 3.

    To call attention to, or give a direction or command to, by a waving motion, as of the hand; to signify by waving; to beckon; to signal; to indicate.

    及物

    I waved goodbye from across the room.

  4. 4.

    To have an undulating or wavy form.

    不及物
  5. 5.

    To raise into inequalities of surface; to give an undulating form or surface to.

    及物
  6. 6.

    To style (the hair) so as to produce a wavy texture.

    及物
  7. 7.

    To swing and miss at a pitch.

    不及物 体育 游戏

    Jones waves at strike one.

  8. 8.

    To cause to move back and forth repeatedly.

    及物

    The starter waved the flag to begin the race.

  9. 9.

    To signal (someone or something) with a waving movement.

    及物
  10. 10.

    To move like a wave, or by floating; to waft.

    不及物
  11. 11.

    To fluctuate; to waver; to be in an unsettled state.

    不及物 废旧
  12. 1.

    To generate a wave.

  13. 1.

    Obsolete spelling of waive.

    废旧

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词源

From Middle English *wave, partially from waven (“to fluctuate, wave”) (see above) and partially from Middle English wawe, waghe (“wave”), from Old English wǣg (“a wave, billow, motion, water, flood, sea”), from Proto-Germanic *wēgaz (“motion, storm, wave”), from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ- (“to drag, carry”). Cognates Cognate with North Frisian waag (“wave”), West Frisian weach (“wave”), Dutch waag (“wave”), German Woge, Wooge (“wave”), Danish vove, våg (“wave”), Faroese vágur (“bay”), Icelandic vogur (“bay”), Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish våg (“wave”), Gothic 𐍅𐌴𐌲𐍃 (wēgs, “wave”), French vague (“wave”) (from Old Norse vágr (“ocean, sea; wave”)). See also waw.

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